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The Direct Synthesis of a Silene–Organometallic Complex
Author(s) -
BravoZhivotovskii Dmitry,
PelegVasserman Hanan,
Kosa Monica,
Molev Gregory,
Botoshanskii Mark,
Apeloig Yitzhak
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200353048
Subject(s) - silene , cyclopropane , caryophyllaceae , electronic structure , crystallography , chemistry , stereochemistry , chemical physics , materials science , computational chemistry , ring (chemistry) , organic chemistry , biology , botany
σ or π? The direct synthesis and the molecular and electronic structures of a novel η 2 ‐silene platinum complex, 1 , is reported (see scheme). The nature of bonding in 1 was studied by using geometrical and electronic structure criteria, and the results suggested that 1 is best described as an hybrid between a π complex and a σ‐cyclopropane structure with a more dominant π‐complex character than in a related disilene complex.